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Any non-regulars who watched AFC Wimbledon’s third-round FA cup tie against Liverpool recently may have noticed some peculiar sponsorship at Kingsmeadow. Liam Thompson explains more...
This season, including their big cup game against Liverpool, billboards around the pitch have displayed the name of mysterious internet group, unknown to many football fans over-30 at least, called “Nerdfighteria”.
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Last month the Government's 'Supporter Ownership and Engagement Group' was launched, a move welcomed by Supporters Direct. Can the German model work in the UK? Dr Mark Doidge, Research Fellow at the University of Brighton, looks at the role fans play in running their clubs across Europe...
Yesterday Clive Efford, the shadow minister for sport, visited the University of Brighton to speak with stude...

Tranmere Rovers owner Peter Johnson has told fans they can take over the club – if they can raise £500,000 by the end of the year. Trust member and fan Des Ferguson explains more…
Could it really be true? Could it really be about to happen? Could a supporter takeover of Tranmere Rovers actually be imminent?!
These are the questions I asked myself as I heard that Mr Peter Johnson (aka PJ), the Chai...

Back in May Ken Gaunt, a former football reporter for the Press Association, reported on Barry Town's fight to stay alive. Remarkably their fans took the fight to the Welsh FA and won. Ken explains more...
Have you heard the tale about a group of fans who took on the considerable muscle of a national football association - and delivered a crushing blow?
Well it happened in court when a judge ruled...

That Independent reports that the European Commission may force Barcelona and Real Madrid to end their historic status as member-owned clubs. Both are alleged to have taken illegal state aid. But is it the right move? Vic Crescit knows a thing or two about Spanish football and he thinks not…
The academic economists who inhabit the European Commission’s Competition Directorate have been beavering a...

Stephen Browett is co-owner and co-chairman at Crystal Palace, a club which communicates with fans better than most. Stephen regularly answers questions on www.cpfc.org and Palace topped the FSF's 2012 Club Charter League Table.
The FSF: Hi Stephen, thanks for your time - tell us a little about your relationship with Palace.
Stephen: Crystal Palace is a fan-owned football club with the motto “Sout...

Ken Gaunt, a former football reporter for the Press Association, reports on the plight of Barry Town.
Barry Town Supporters Committee is their name, and staying alive is their game. And these loyal fans have promised to fight on after yet another kick in the teeth from absentee owner Stuart Lovering. After failing in his continued attempts to find a buyer, incredibly he withdrew Barry Town, a club...

Martin McCabe has been a Slough Town fan since 1988 and a season ticket holder for the last 11 years. He is a regular fundraiser for the club and charities, taking part in the end of season sponsored walks.
So where do Slough Town’s problems start? Oddly enough with arguably our greatest ever season. In 1997-98 we finished 8th in the Conference, which even then was an excellent league, won by a f...